What does the man plan to do in five years?
A. To leave the company. B. To manage the company. C. To start his own company.
What is Robert’s occupation now?
A. Novelist. B. Reporter. C. Secretary.
Why was George at the hospital?
A. His wife was sick. B. His wife just had a baby. C. He was visiting his daughter.
假如你是晨光中学的学生李华,收到英国朋友Mark的电子邮件,咨询你校暑期为异国学生举办的汉语夏令营活动。请通过电子邮件向Mark介绍本次活动.其内容如下:
1.活动时间:7月10日到7月30日； 地点:红星中学
2.活动内容:
上汉语课，了解中国传统文化 (举关于传统文化的1-2个例子)
参加由学生会举办的校内活动 (介绍至少1个活动)
进行参观活动 (举例说明参观地点)
注意:1. 词数不少于100;
2. 适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Mark,
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Yours
Li Hua
The world is moving so fast these days that if you do not have the right education, you could get left behind. Technology touches every part of our daily lives—even the fast food industry relies on computer assisted systems to speed things to their customers. If you cannot figure out the computer at your local fast food shop, where will that leave you?
Once upon a time, you could have a good life with nothing more than a high school diploma, but those times are gone now. Competition for even the lowest level jobs is fierce, and most employers will give the edge to that extra education now. Jobs that never required a degree before now will certainly be given to the most educated candidate as markets grow tighter and tighter.
Education is not only important on the job front, however. Recent studies show that continually learning will keep your brain more healthy. The more active you keep your brain now, the more active it will remain in the long run. It does make sense if you think about it: if you start jogging, your body feels healthier after a while and will actually long for exercise. The same could probably be said for your brain: make it work to learn something new, and it will continually seek out the stimulation (刺激) of new information to keep itself sharp.
Education is important for your sense of self and self-esteem. If you allow yourself to think that you are poorly educated, you therefore deserve an old car, small house and poor life. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and take charge of your own fate. Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly in the past. Was it because you just could not learn, or because you did not want to focus on your education at that time? You are an adult now and will be more focused and goal driven. Never say no to education, never say no to yourself.
1.Why does the author mention “the fast food industry” in the first paragraph? (no more than l0 words)
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2.What does the underlined phrase “give the edge to” mean? (no more than 3 words)
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3.According to this passage, what should we do to keep our brain acute? (no more than 10 words)
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4.Who are the suggestions in the last paragraph probably for? (no more than 15 words)
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5.In your opinion, why is education very important? (no more than 15 words; no less than 10 words)
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“I promise.” “I swear to you it’ll never happen again.” “I give you my word.” “Honestly. Believe me.” Sure, I trust. Why not? I teach English composition at a private college. With a certain excitement and intensity, I read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person behind the pen. As each semester progresses, plagiarism (剽窃) appears. Not only is my intelligence insulted as one assumes I won’t detect (查明) a polished piece of prose (散文) from an otherwise-average writer, but I feel a sadness that a student has resorted (求助于) to buying a paper from a peer. Writers have styles like fingerprints and after several assignments, I can match a student’s work with his or her name.
Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average (GPA)(平均成绩点数)? When we’re threatened or sick, we make conditional promises. “If you let me pass math I will …” “Lord, if you get me over this before the big homecoming game I’ll…” Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises. Human nature? Perhaps, but we do use that cliché (陈词滥调) to get us out of uncomfortable bargains.
Six years ago, I took a student before the dean. He had turned in an essay with the vocabulary and sentence structure of PhD thesis (博士毕业论文). Up until that time, both his out-of-class and in-class work were borderline passing.
I questioned the person regarding his essay and he swore that it was the consequence of his hardwork, but he had already had a given sheet of paper so he understood what was asked. He sat one hour, then turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic. I confronted him with both the essays. “I promise…, I’m not lying. I swear to you that I wrote the essay. I’m just nervous today.”
The head of the English department agreed with my finding, and the meeting with the dean had the boy’s parents present. After an hour of discussion, touching on eight of the boy’s previous essays and his grade-point average, which indicated he was already on academic probation (留校察看), the dean agreed that the student had plagiarized (剽窃). His parents protested, “He’s only a child” and we instructors were wiser and should be compassionate (有同情心的). College people are not really children and most times would resent being labeled as such… except in this uncomfortable circumstance.
1.According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for ________.
A. money B. degree
C. higher GPA D. reputation
2.The sentence “Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises” implies that ________.
A. students usually keep their promises
B. some students tend to break their promises
C. the promises are always behind the situation
D. we cannot judge the situation in advance
3.The “borderline passing” (Line 3,Para.3) probably means ________.
A. excellent B. extremely poor
C. above average D. not very good
4.The boy’s parents thought their son should be excused mainly because ________.
A. teachers should be compassionate B. instructors were wiser
C. he was only a child D. he was threatened
5.Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?
A. Human Nature B. Conditional Promises
C. How to Detect Cheating D. The Sadness of Plagiarism
